Apple Awarded ‘Best Mobile Tablet’ At Mobile World Conference, Company Didn’t Even Show Up

The Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona is massive, bringing in pretty much all major and minor players in the mobile industry. That is, everyone except Apple, who chooses to skip out on the event each year.

Despite the company’s lack of presence, this year it has been granted the award for the “Best Mobile Tablet”, with the iPad Air taking home the prize. Here are the judge’s comments on Apple’s slim tablet:

The iPad Air packs class-leading performance in an attractive and svelte frame, while its ecosystem has an undisputed advantage in the number of format-optimized apps.

The judges selected the winner based off of the following criteria. They had to all reach a consensus before making a selection:

Physical design innovation and form factor

Device performance such as HTTP throughout, WEB Browser elapsed time, RX sensitivity, relative call set up and success rate